Association found between Helicobacter Pylori and Multiple Sclerosis
Women with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) more often test negative for H. Pylori than women without MS, according to an article in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. The association could mean that H. Pylori protects against the development of MS. Another explanation could be that the gut microbe is a marker for a relatively bad hygiene. According to the hygiene hypothesis, diseases like MS develop because good hygiene results in too few infections in early life, thus failing to prime the immune system enough. Continue reading
